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Probation for Fitchburg man who fondled girl

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Updated:
09/19/2012 06:38:13 AM EDT

FITCHBURG -- A Fitchburg man who fondled his ex-girlfriend's 10-year-old daughter in 2008 was ordered Tuesday to serve a year of supervised probation after he pleaded guilty to one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.

Marcos Benitez, 28, of 35 Main St., must register as a sex offender, consume no drugs or alcohol, perform community service and have no contact with children under 14 aside from relatives.

Benitez was living with the girlfriend's family in 2008 when he made the girl touch his genitals and fondled her. She reported it to her mother in April of this year.

Man who allegedly shot at car charged

FITCHBURG -- A man who allegedly shot at a car in front of his ex-girlfriend's house in February was arrested and brought to court Tuesday.

Carlos A. Torres, 19, of 115 East St., Fitchburg, is charged with discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, malicious damage of a motor vehicle, carrying a firearm without a license, and possession of a firearm without a firearm-identification card.

According to a report, Torres allegedly sent the woman a text message saying "he was going to make her life miserable by doing harm to someone in her family" the night before he went to her house and pulled a gun in her driveway, shooting at a car there.

Torres left the scene on foot, and police were not able to find him at the time. He was freed on $500 bail Tuesday.

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Police: Man tried to kick way into apartment

FITCHBURG -- Police charged a Westminster man who allegedly kicked in an air-conditioning unit to try to get into his ex-girlfriend's Fitchburg apartment early Tuesday morning.

Michael R. Huhtala, 29, of 17 Old Oak Ave., is charged with unarmed burglary and violating a restraining order. He was ordered held on $10,000 bail Tuesday.

Huhtala allegedly made it halfway into the window when the woman saw him and screamed that the police were on their way. He tried to flee the area but was arrested shortly after. He is due back in court Oct. 18.

Gardner resident faces drug charge

LEOMINSTER -- After police got a report of a motorist driving erratically, they allegedly found Kenneth M. Lewis parked at The Home Depot unconscious behind the wheel with the door open Thursday about 1:45 p.m., Sgt. Charles Doherty said.

"Out like a light with his feet hanging out of the vehicle," Doherty said.

Officers spotted a hypodermic needle and a brown powdery substance resembling heroin in the car, he said.

"There was also a spoon used to cook the heroin," Doherty said.

Lewis, 31, 24 Oriole St., Gardner, was charged with possession of a Class A drug.

Man charged with indecent assault

LEOMINSTER -- A Fitchburg man was arraigned in Leominster District Court on Friday on a charge of indecent assault and battery on a 9-year-old girl in 2009.

According to a court document, Carlos L. Delgado, 33, of 21-23 Maverick St., walked up to the girl, who was sitting at a computer in a Mechanic Street home, and put his hand down her shirt.

The allegedly assault occurred between 4 and 10 p.m., but the date is not known, a court document said.

Police say man invented assault story

LEOMINSTER -- A Manchester Street resident was held on $750 cash or $7,500 surety bail after his arraignment Friday on a charge of domestic assault and battery.

Keith A. Thoresen, planted a baseball bat and knife to make it look like he had been attacked, Officer Michael Kochanski said in a court document.

Thoresen called police reporting he was attacked by men wielding a the knife and bat Friday about 1:50 a.m., according to the Police Department activity log.

Thoresen claimed his girlfriend left him at a gas station in Ayer so he went back to her apartment and went to sleep but was awakened by his girlfriend's sister and two armed men. After a short scuffle the attackers left, Thoresen claimed.

Sgt. Ryan Malatos found the baseball bat and knife underneath the apartment windows.

Thoresen's girlfriend went to the police station to report he had attacked her and shoved her against a wall.

Kochanski said in his opinion, Thoresen invented the story of the men and placed the knife and bat in the alleyway "to make it look like they ran from the front door around the side and to the back parking lot to the vehicle."

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